John Chester

John Chester is an American filmmaker and television director.

Chester grew up in Ocean City, Maryland, and graduated in 1990 from Stephen Decatur High School (Maryland).[ 1]

Chester's first primetime television docu-series aired on A&E, Random 1, which he directed and starred in in 2006. The series inspired his feature documentary Lost in Woonsocket which premiered at SXSW in 2007.[citation needed ] Chester also directed the documentary Rock Prophecies, about the rock photographer Robert Knight.

His project The Biggest Little Farm is a feature-length film that chronicles the 7-year story of Apricot Lane Farms, the regenerative farm he and his wife Molly started in 2011. The film premiered at the 2018 Telluride Film Festival[ 2] and Toronto International Film Festival and 2019 Sundance Film Festival, and releases May 2019 in theaters nationwide.[citation needed ] In 2018, Chester began a 3-year book deal with publisher Feiwel & Friends/Macmillan for a spin-off children's book series featuring characters from the film, of which the first installment Saving Emma the Pig was scheduled for release in 2019 [ 3] and listed on Amazon.Com as a Hardcover publication for May 14, 2019.